Speaking in the wake of the children’s referendum, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Government will respond “positively and wholeheartedly” and match the new legislation with appropriate action.

The Supreme Court said the Government acted unlawfully in presenting information and spending regarding the referendum, yet it went ahead anyway.

We all know the country is broke and Finance Minister Michel Noonan has some difficult decisions to make but, as an 84-year-old pensioner and widow, I would ask him to look elsewhere to make his cuts.

I refer to your front page report (Nov 12) on the high level of suicide in Co Kerry and Co Cork.

Recently Ryanair announced that they may charge everyone for carry-on luggage.

Following your call to wear the poppy with pride, can I expect you to call on your readers to wear burnt corks in their hats to commemorate the heroics of the crown forces in Cork in Dec 1920?

I was surprised to hear the journalist Bruce Arnold tell Marc Coleman on Newstalk a few days ago that I came ‘lately’ on the scene when he was writing his book about child abuse in Irish orphanages and industrial schools.

Enda Kenny has said “the people have spoken” when referring to the referendum vote.

As one of the 445,863 people who voted against the proposal to alter our constitution, I need to defend my decision as a result of various theories espoused by a number of ministers.

Government Minister Deenihan is to be commended on his recent decision toprotect the remnant of our native Red Deer herds in Co. Kerry, but at the same time he ignored the plight of our non-native Red species, whose numbers are at critically low levels because of commercial exploitation.